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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-10
CLEVER EXCHANGE.
An Army Contractors Experience With
Uncle Sans Regulars.

An Army Contractors Experience With
Uncle Sans Regulars.
1 hac y curious experience with an
rrmy CO ltract once-a few years after
the war closed. l got an order for a
lot of fine groceries for officers stores.
Among the rest were twenty-seyen
sacks of Java coffee-a hundred pounds
to the sack. 1t was for station SO far
30 the West that the freight was five
cents pound. The coffee was billed
at twenty-seven cents a pound. After
while received notification that the
coffee had been rejected, probably on
account of mildew in ocean Transports
ton. l wrote to have the coffee sent
back, and at the proper time by teams
were there to receive it. When it came
to the store told one of the clerks to
put ''trier" into few sacks to see If
it was the same goods we had shipped.
The ''trier" came out of the first sack
filled with yellow corn. 1t WAS put in
TO another sack and pulled out with the
same result. And so on all round.
Every sack sent back was simply that
much shelled corn. The soldiers at the
post had taken out the coffee and prob
ably sold it to the country groceries.
and put corn in its place. The sacks
looked all right on the outside. The
same strings had been used in sewing
them up, and every thing had been
done to deceive. I sent for the Quar-
termaster on duty here, and showed
him the fraud. There was long con-
troversy about it, but in the end the
Government stood the loss, and 1 got
paid for my coffee, less the value of the
twenty-seven sacks of corn sent back
in its place.-H. Nicholson, in Sc. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-10
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"


MARY" observed the lady of the
house, Il don't like your having SO
many beaus." ''Law, mann, I'll leave
We one or two of 'em if you feel bad
about it..
Annie, is it proper to say this
'ere, that 'are?'' why, Kate, of
course NOT .Well, 1 don't know
whether it is proper or not, but feel
cold in this ear from that air."
While the family doctor was max
ing visit in the house, BERTHE stood at
the window gazing iXedly ut his horse,
very lean and .sorry-looking animal.
s'What are you thinking of, Bertie?"
sked the doctor 81 t'ink your horsie
have such fat bones,' she replied.
'.Dey so fat deY just tick out DE
troit Free Press.
"A hard-up looking man. who had
accosted citizen on Canal street for
ten cents, was answered with-"See
here, didn't you hit me for dime only
three days ago?'' 81 believe L did, sir,
ut do the very best 1 can l can't keep
my expenses down to less than three
and one-third cents per day. Your
dime is all gone. '-WaL Street Aea0s.
Wife (who had been sitting up for
delinquent husband Are you crazy?
Have you been going about the streets
with your umbrella up this starlight
night?" Weary husband-"That's just.
it, dear. It's the stars-perfect ava
lanche of 'em-couldn't dodge 'ena, so
-put-up umbrella Thought people
would think was intoxicated if 1
didn't. IN y Ledger.
.-He was derided.-It is not expedi-
ent in carrying on conversation with
colored persons, to use words that are
not clearly within their range of com
prehension. An Austin waiter told a
Boston man at hotel that in Eastern
Texas white man had married negro
woman. WAS he not derided?'' asked
the Bostonian. HE was, sab. Dey
rided him out of town on a rail. -
Texas Sittings.
"A song with the title. There's
Sigh in the Heart was sent by u
Young man to his sweetheart, but the
paper fell into the hands of the. girls
father, very unsentime ntal physician,
Nho exclaimed: what wretched un-
scientific rubbish is this? Who ever
heard of such case?" He wrote on
the outside. Mistaken diagnosis; no
ugh in the heart possible. Signs relate
almost entirely to the lungs and
iaPhragmr'-Y Youths COn.pGlsioaA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-10
Flowers of Jewellery.

A leading jewelry store up Broadway
displays some pretty conceits In jeweled
pins. One was morning glory in
transparent dark enamel with the
natural stripes of the flower repre-
sented by paved diamond work. The
bright, varied hues of the outer surface
are also brought out beautifully by the
enamel. Variegated gold work is COM
ing more and more into use in the line
of fine jewelry, and one scarf pin
shown an engraved bird with outspread
wings, produced dazzling effect A
decided oddity in the way of rings is a
bent shark, having outward curving
ends set with companion stones. One
ring OF the kind had bent shark
around the ends, which were set with
diamonds and were joined together
with an emerald set obliquely. The
silly craze for monographs on coins has
died, as it ought to have died before IL
was born. 1t was always n bad waste
~of good monsy.-BGltimore american
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-10

"A new novel opens with descrip-
uon OF the hero. Il young man who
comes to New York from the country
fresh and pure" He may be fresh,
and he probably is. but freshness and
purity do not necessarily travel in pairs
Not in New York. And the grievous
thing about it, in the case of the aver
age fresh and pure young man, is that
purity secedes first, while freshness con-
nnues the business at the old stand
sometimes for many, many weeks.
The fresh young man isn't hardly
enough OF novelty to put in romance.
-Rurdette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-10
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.


Miss Hattie Croker, of California,
daughter OF the millionaire, maintains
free kindergarten from hor own
purse.
-Munkacsky, the Hungarian artist,
says the White House is zone of the
most beautiful and artistic buildings in
the world"
Miss May Calendar, of New York
City, has fortune of one million dol
lars. and she spends the income I'M
hampered by guardian.
#. Brigham Bishop, the ladies'
stock-broker who recently defaulted in
New York, was once famous as a min
strel and the author of ''Shoo Fly"
William L. Scott, the Congressman
from Erie, Pa, is said to be the large st
individual coal worker in the worll.
He employs ten thousand men in min
ing and shipping.
The late Truman NJ. Post, of st.
Louis, the pioneer of Congregational
ism in the West, learned Latin from
grammar fastened to the handle OF his
pillow when a farm-boy in Vermont
Rev. DIR. r. j. Breckenridge once
asked his mother if she had not been
too strict with her boys. Her witty
reply was: '.Who has whipped out
three better preachers than have?'-
N. Y. Ledger.
Jack Hayey. an eccentric character
of Pittsburgh, Pa, died recently after
living a miserly life for over fifty years.
He left forty thousand dollars in an old
ha I'd .ie1 in, fhxa
yard back of his shanty.
-Ubeziah Slayton, of Fayette County,
Georgia, is the father of so many chill
dren that he can not remember their
names. He has been married twice
and had eighteen children by one wife
and twelve by the other. He had five
sons in one company of a Georgia regi-
ment during the war.
Among the old persons who have
died lately in this country was John
Walters, of South Butler, n. Y. He
was born in 1888 in Virginia. He was
sick but twice until last year. He ate
fish twice a day and wore earrings, and
it was to these facts that he attributed
his remarkable age.-N T. Mail.
One of the things that make life
worth living to Senator Van Wyck, of
Nebraska, is a piece of bread cut all
around the loaf and covered with
sorghum ut least quarter of nm inch
thick. Il got in the habit of eating
sorghum many years ago." he said re-
Gently, land [ couldn't eat butter now
if tried. - Chicago Journal.
The wife of Senator Ransom, of
North Carolina, is remarkable woman.
She was Miss Hattie Exum, an old
family of wealth and influence on the
Roanoke River, where they still live.
She is also near relative of General
George II. Thomas, the commander of
the Army of the Cumberland. Mrs.
Ransom fitted each of her six boys for
college.-M Y. Post.
The Callicoon On. ~ Echo has the
youngest compositor on record. She is
only nine years old, and sets type
easily, but can not empty her sticks
Incredible as it may seem," says the
editor of the Echo, 1.-THE little typesetter
often sets from one to four :stickfuls
rom our manuscript, sometimes cor
recting a slip in our grammar or SPELL
ing, and is never as happy Jas when
sitting at the case helping papa"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-10

Jack rabbits shipped from Oregon
and Idaho to Chicago turn up in the
market as canned chicken, and are
shipped back to the country from
whence they came as such.-Boiss CSts
Ld0soJ Statesman,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-10

The Bazar says that ''dress shirts
=ale to lie of ribbed goods. We don't
know about the ribs. but what the aver
age shirt seems to need is a little back
: bone down the front. What shall it
profit a man if he have an eclat ham
.mer coat and shirt that bulges like
paper bag?-Brookly Eagle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-10

The aggregate wealth of the
United States is now estimated at about
>$4S. O0OOOO, 900, but the taxable prop
.erty is orly a little more than one.thirc
of this amount Boston Budget
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-10

Lucy Stone predicts that woman
will be President of the United States in
the year ZOO.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-10

The diamond is found imbedded in
hare, rock-like, blush earth, believed
to be of volcanic origin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-10

When a Virginia mountaineer
wants a chew of tobacco, this accord
ing to one who has been there) is the
way he asks for it: Stranger, gimme
a cnaw yer black fiat chawin' terbaclker;
that is, eff yer chaw. 1 dunno eff yer
chaw or no; do yer chaw?' Washing
ton Critic.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

a woman formerly our slave is now our
cook. About eighteen months ago she became
sIckly and had @ cough and was confined 90
bod and TO- was thought that she had con
sumption The treatment by physicians failed
a. give relief Ina December 1884, node or
sn0t the size of goose egg formed just above
the pic of the stomach. which. when lanced,
discharged matter for eight on nine months.
one of these also formed under her arm. and
three ON her back. which discharged matter
for considerable time. For six months of
This time she was confined 90 the house. and
most oi the time iu bed. The stomach often
refused food. bog rejecting what she bad eaten.
She used "a great deal 0l medicine. but failed tO
hc cmcd. 3 Bought tone bottle of your b. %. b.
midc bon Atlanta. Ca and gave 10 to her, aud
she commenced 90 improve. ! then bought
sui gave beer three bottles more. and she CON
fuuci to improve. and .n TWO months time
her cough had ceased, her constitution
strengthened. appetite aud digestion good, al
discharges ceased. nodes or knots disappeared,
ani shoe went to work apparently healthy and
rftcncd mp greatly
Thls woman had married sister of near same
age who was affected in precisely thc same way
snd about the same time. She bad node or knot
0u pit0f stomach. back, etc. Sine did noi take
any b b. 70. and the node on her stomach ate
through to the cavity. She continued on the
decline and wasted away. and finally died.
These were TWO terrible cases of blood poi
.1l one used b. D. b. and was speedily cured,
the other did NOT l.c b. and died. 10 is most
s-surcdlY "a most wonderful blood purifier. 1
refer 90 merchants of this town.
Yours truly. W. i. ROBINSON.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
4 New MIlItary Tent.

A trial OF the Howe convertible tent
and intrenching tools was made on Mon
day at Colchester, In the presence Of Mai.
Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood, " C., and a com
mlttee OF officers. The inventor claims
that thiz tent, the pole and pegs Of which
will form efficient intrenching tools, is
easily carried, easily erected and always
at hand when required II is made in
sections, Of which each soldier carries an
equal portion. which. when packed for
transport, does not exceed sixteen inches
in length and six pounds in weight. The
tent is designed 10 accommodate any
number Of men, ten or twelve being a
convenient number The tent pole is an
iron tube. made in ten interchangeable
sections. each Of which. when unecrewed,
forms the handle Of an intrenching tool,
10 which spade, pick or hammer can be
attached al will One edge of the spade
is curved and sharpened, forming a useful
Ratchet, while a sharp spike. used as
pick. can be easily and securely affixed to
one end of the tubular shaft or handle 4
second tube, iapering into a point al one
end and closed M the other end with a
movable iron head, slides within the tubu-
lar handle, and may be employed 10
lengthen 10. OF may be detached and used
as a tent peg In sandy soils thi, peg may
bee passed through a hole in the center Of
the spade which is then buried, forming
a storm anchor
Every part Of the implement serves a
double purpose. and every probable con-
tingency seems TO be provided for in its
cOnstructiOn-even the tent hooks are i'm
geniously made 10 act as spanncrs. At
first sight the addition Of any extra weight
to the burden Of the modern British iu-
fautrv sOldier-whO is seldom Hercules
would seem to be- am argument against
the adoption of Mr. IIowe's clever con-
t-ivancc. bat 10 is contended that by dis
pensing with a blanket the soldier might
carry his tent section without adding to
the weight of his kit He would then Dee
able 10 pitch his tent without waiting for
the arrival of The baggage wagons which
are frequently many miles in rear of the
marching column.-Lond0n Court Jour
nal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
Aluminium nentnl rl.le..

The early use of aluminium wa, not
satisfactory. as the metal was impure.
owing to the presence of iron and 30 soon
.uccumbcd 90 the fluids of che mouth.
This was more generally true of cast
plates. which were not only more difficult
90 make but were not as good The
metal is not very easy 10 cast as 81 does
not flow freely like other metals, and
the contraction is considerable causing
cracked blocks When made from rolled
plate and pure metal, aluminium for upper
cases has proved very satisfactory n my
hands and not being very expensive is a
recommendation, as it be- metal, and is
thus better than rubber and less iu cost
than gold 1t is very light and strong,
perfectly tasteless and Odorless, and as
healthy to the gums as gold or platina
The teeth are best attached with rubber
-George Ii. Swift in West Dent Journal.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

some important changes are now taking
place in the drinking habits Of several
great countries, China. for example. has
just ordered % lot of bottled beer for The
use Of the sailors who man her lately
acquired fleet of ironclads. Japan. not 20
be behind her ancient rival has sent a
professor of Toxic university 10 Europe
for the purpose Of "sampling" the various
kinds of beer that Germany produces.
Thence he will 20 20 England, and on his
return TO Japan his imperial majesty, the
emperor will issue a decree 60 establish
beer as the national drink This action IS
taken ON account Of the vicious habit Of
Gin tipping which has recently obtained a
foothold i'm Japan. In England. too, the
consumption of beer is on the increase.
whereas the British bin for liquor is
smaller this year than IL has been for a
decade In France, ON the other hand.
the use of brandy and gin is much more
common and frequent than DO was before
the Franco-Prussiau Wharf.-The Epoch
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
radie.. Conversation ON a street Car.

"why, how do you do, Mrs. Brown
Really, this Is the first time | have seen
you since you had your teeth put in.
How j,autJylthey are, and how well you
look; they are so lJe-hke. Pray, where
did you get them | am compelled to
have mine drawn and new ones inserted.
But oh how dread it,"
My dear Mrs. Smith, you need not
fear: for Dr. r. Cdlrin johnson. iri0 -
Ho,r ut No 325 West Cary street NEAR Bel
viderel. extracted mine by an improved
method. which is solely his own, without
the least pain He charged me so cents
apiece, and he only charged me s. for
this set, and perfect satisfaction they have
given would not be without them for
any price. His filings are perfection
itself. and simply beautiful, for 81 Go
to see him, and tell him sent you. Good
bye; ! must get off here
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

hey ,eH curious story oil oi' ''iIls-
lopncI meyer VINO was more oI Tess WIN
ives. Many years ago Hc was WORK
man iii I"c'oIl "n'ie runner SHOES were
na1e iie received lhe laDu,ous sum Oh
SD gay AT hiehl NE "ofAe" ",' 'he
ue''ii7 Oh am INVENTION lot ecohoiilIii- in
lhe H"lllOeI OF men 'nlIloyer ln ulv i"o
Tory. one uay ne nIii'ie' i's 'ii"'','n''
carrie" }, 10 'ne Snop an" Silu~''i i''s ".'''
now wen u WOMB l,, 1o 'ii' "uln "' II ,.'1v'
OF '"eu'S men Ie '''s was .''''''', ~,
'.''. '' 49, -.
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

CRAWFORD. Died. Friday. al o'clock
am. IS. n. CRAW FORD, JR-. son of W. +.
and lizbeih j. Crawford aged "A years.
The tune al took place at the residence yes
torday 81 O'Clock.
HERBERT. Died. ar her fathers residence.
No 5i North Eighteenth street. at 1tN o'clock
"a M. October 2s. lssl. after a short illness.
FLORENCE ELLA HERBERT daughter of
William and Elizabeth Herbert. I'M the 18th
year of her age
Her funeral took place yesterday afternoon
at O'Clock.
MAXO-Died. October 81. 1859. JENNIE p.
KENDALL. daug ter Of the lafe stephen =.
Kendall of Hartford. Conn, and wife of Com
mOdOrc William Is. Mayo, United states navy.
MOORE Died. ABNER G.. MOORE of this
city.
his funeral took place yesterday morning at
n o'clock
NINER. Died. al No 1902 West Clay street.
ut $50 o'clock yesterday morning, LION a..
MINER. in the G4th year Of his age.
The funeral Will take place from Clay street
Baptist church 20 day at O'Clock
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

lu 400 Office building on Union square
are the quarters of q dealer who sells The
finest and c0stlest old violns that are
sold in America Amateurs who collect
old fddies know him well. and enormou,
prices are paid by them for the mstru
mcnt, be- makes q speciality of buying
and selling q man from the far west
bought ~tradyarius Tor 50 800 the other
afternoon. and JOB the course of his pur
chase played % snatch of tune ON d..
His playing was eNrClable never heard
worse from % street musician. ] remarked
ou This to the dealer. and he replied.
smiling
..The costlicst violins belong tO the
men who have least SKILL u playing them
That is one Of the curiosit.e- of the trade
Those who collect Nbliu- are rarely
master performers ON Them They buy
for the sake of having Men who cu
play the violin do nuf invest fortunes In
Instruments They buy a- good a- they
can afford for ilcm~eiye, and do their
best with it,
This collection ui riddles is. Dy the way.
% curious craze kHoW man BOO London
who had 10 very badly lie owned dozens
of yioins. and haG each put by iu e.
special glass case Goa thr wall of Dis study
along with "a little Ioo. containing lis
history. written bs himself and the docl
monts That authenticated 3D. Tie also AIi
a fine collection of bows DE would start
OF 40 am hours notice for Russia or
America to get hold Of prize violin. aai
the only tune Dee could play through wr-
Yankee Doodle. which I- thc cl-ie.-
one to learn ON the violin Mr. Joseph
W DreXel owns. ] believe. the finest
collection Of violins in New York. which
probably means in America but be- is Tar
from % brilliant periormer ON them -
Alfred Tumble in New York News
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
Tho InrelIIrenee OF birds.

DIR Charles C. Abbot says Chat IN eX-
per.meuUng ON the intelligence of birds
when be girdled brancbe, ou which birds
bad built their nests, causing fhe foliage
90 shrivcl exposing their nests. although
they had laid their eggs They would aban-
don them. hut DO tine nests already cone
tanned young birds. notwithstanding the
exposure they would remain until tho
young were able to fy iic placed NUM-
Deer of pieces of WOODEN ynru-rei. yellow.
purple. green and gray in color-near "a
tree boz which couple of Baltimore ORR
oles were building nest. The piece, oi
yarn were al exactly alike except in color.
There was an equal number of each color.
aud thc rcd and yellow were purpo,clN
placed on the top The birds chose only
the gray pieces, putting in "a few purple
aud blue ones when the nest was nearly
finished Not red. yellow or green
strand was used Chicago News
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
ScYTHE SONG.
stalwnrt mowers. brown and 1.-the.

Sialwart mowers brown and 1.-THE.
Over summer meads abloom,
WELDING fast the whispering scythe.
Where is all the old Perfume
Breaihes u yet In tender gloom,
Soft through hadcs' twilight airs
Where hath summcrtidc her tomb,
Hush. the scythc says. where. all where!
Comes the long blade cleaning cold
Where the garden ground ~ spread
RAYS of pearl ON crowns Of gold,
Dainty daisies. white and red
DANES that DER them once would tread,
Damsels blthe and debonalr.
Where Is all your sweetness fedf
Hush. the scytho says where, an vherel
Time who talks and givst again
an things bitter some things sweet,
Must Wc follow an bon vain
Follow still those phantom feetf
is there NOT some grass grown street.
some old, yewbegiri partcrrc
Who're our dreams and we may meetf
Hush. the scythe says. where. an where
-Longmans Magazine
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
AN OLD INDIAN FIGHTER.
Horrifying Goodness with which lie Gave
the DciAI. Of the Death II His Ioe..

the Details Of the Death of His Foes.
suppose % soldier bon battle but rarely
knows that he has actually shot a man,
bat one of these old Indian fighters sits
down after dinner over pipe, and re-
latcs tO you with quite hofriiying GOODNESS
every detail of the death which his rifle
and his sure ewes dealt to am Indian. and
when this one. str0ki,g meanwhile the
head of 20 little boy. who was standing az
his knees. described 20 me how he lay on
che grass and took aim at tain chief. who
was. iu the moonlight trying 20 steal a
boat from % party of gold seekers, and
how. ai Tine crack of his rife the Indian
fen IBIS whole length in the boat and never
stirred again, confess ! was dumb with
amazement The tragedy had NOT even
the dignity of an event 100 "a mans iie
Ile shot Indians ass De ate his dinner
plainly as mere matter of course. nor
was he brute. hut "a kindly honest good
fellow. not in the least hloOdth.Nty
One Of these very Indian lighters is
now sitting before me. ] have been nc
0uainted with him for years and know
him to Doe 70 good kind hearted man, and
the idol at the little curly heads who
cluster af Ibis knees lle does NOT look az
all ass imagined 70 murderer would look
hc is diguihcd a- we'll as good hearted-in
fact. there +. nothing different IN his APP
poarance and manner from those of any
other wcn meaning citizen And yet he
has just been telling me. with a slight,
satisfied smile playing over bis lips as he
spoke, how me once haugeS m Indian and
again how Doe cat the throat of another
am not at all afraid of him. though
must acknowledge Chat Dee makes me
4hudder. hut as wc think over the matter
! wonder all the sauc-and get in the
south, and AN over the sea- . have looked
upon some strange sad scenes In which
blood was NOT wanting Am ] Disguised
when boo tells me how Dee once cut % steak
with bis bowie knife out of am old Indian.
Ye--hu there Doe stands before mc, and
must say That he doe- NOT at Wl look
like lutchcr-A o. 1H--n loo Overland
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